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PE-45
ex-Eagle No. 45



Call sign:
Nan - Item - Boy - Rush

Eagle Class Patrol Craft:

  • Laid down 20 February 1919 by Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 17 May 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 45, 2 October 1919
  • Designated PE-45, 17 July 1920
  • Sold 11 June 1930
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 710 t.
  • Length 200' 9"
  • Beam 25' 9"
  • Draft 13' 6"
  • Speed 18.32 kts.
  • Complement 68
  • Armament: Two 4"/50 gun mounts and two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 250psi boilers, one 2,500shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.
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    PE-45 262k Ships bell on display at the Navy Operational Support Center, Brunswick, ME
    PE-45 271k

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